The Upside Of Your Dark Side Review

By scott crabtree it s with very mixed feelings that i write this review of the upside of your dark side.

The upside of your dark side review.

This book brings humanity back to psychology in all its forms. The upside of your dark side is the result of collaboration between todd kashdan a research powerhouse and vocal critic from within the positive psychology movement and robert biswas diener an. Sometimes they can even hold us back. Even though it features plenty of scientific research the narrative is very accessible to lay readers.

And the authors would undoubtedly approve. What i like about the upside of your dark side is how the authors incorporate scientific research positive psychology theory and personal anecdote to construct a cogent warts and all perspective of the human experience. Emotions such as anger anxiety guilt and sadness might feel uncomfortable but it turns out that they are also incredibly useful. In the upside of your dark side two pioneering researchers in the field of psychology show that while mindfulness kindness and positivity can take us far they cannot take us all the way.

The upside of your dark side neatly fills the empirical space between positive psychology is the best thing going and positive psychology is bunk. It also fills the space around psychology as usual is for the broken and distraught.